Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-11-21
THIRD
OF the Young Mems Christian Association
Celebrated Last Evening.

| Ot the nOunS wen NnTlSuah AbSOSA1eloh
Celebrated Last Evening.
The Young Mems Christian Association
celebrated the third anniversary of its or
ganization in this at the United P~resbyte-
rian church last evening. The large audi
forum was comfortably filled with the
members and friends of the Association,
and they listened to one of the best adj
dresses delivered in Wheeling for a long
time.
The exercises opened with q vol
untary by the choir Of the
church, which distinguished itself
last evening. After singing, a reading OF
Scripture by Rev. j. T. Mcclure, d. D.,
and prayer by Rev. d. A. Cunningham, D.
d., President j. n. Vance read his Annual
report. He referred to the great growth
of the Y. NJ. C. A. work throughout the
world as marvellous. During recent years
its progress has been greatest, and no year
has been more marked than the last one.
Our Association has shared in this pros
perity, which is largely due to the efforts
Of our efficient Secretary, Mr.. John c.
Lynch, who, by his courteous
ner and earnest zeal, devotion
and energy, has merited the
confidence and good will of all our mem
bers. Good work has been done by the
| Association during the year. Much Of it
was of a character which does no come to
| the public notice and cannot be computed,
but We have the evidence of it in changed
lives aud in strong testimony a%bundantly
given. The report then went on to give a
brief outline Of the actual work done,
t,om which is taken the following items:
Two hundred books have been added to
the circulating library. The present men,
bership is 23i, OF which 19l are active and
10 associate members; there were lS5
meetings of p purely religious nature,
which had an attendance OF 10, 7S9. The
South Side branch was organized in Janu-
airy, and now has q membership of sc. The
report showed the excellent work done by
the Association, aud closed with the prom
Use that if sufficient financial aid was ex-
tended it, the good work could be largely
and the Association would be
placed on a good financial basis.
The singing of Psalm ll9 followed, and
o generous collection was taken up, after
which Rev. J.. d. Mofiatt, President of
Wash-Jeff. College, made the address, and
it was an excellent Que. He began
by referring 70 the Young Mems Christian
Association in its practical aspect and COM
mended it, first, as being in line with the
spirit of the times, in the development Of
physical man, by means OF gymnaslums
connected with the Association buildings,
and SAID that all the colleges of Europe
were giving special attention to this fea-
ture. He commended the association for
developing the intellectual side Of man.
He said we are undoubtedly brutes, but
possessed of q GOd-given mind, and the
Association develops it by personal contact.
He compared the true man to the brute
msn, and cited John l.. Sullivan as
being of the latter class. He is
a fine physical man but possesses
none of the refinement of mind that makes
the manly man. He said the Association
did not pretend to take the place of the
church, but it could reach men who
could not he reached by the church. 1t is
in the same category IS the temperance
society, the Humane Society and Others,
which prepare the way for entrance into
the church. He referred to people who
always wanted their good works made
public and said that generally they were
the ones who did the least, and in this
connection spoke of the work of Martin
Luther, how he had been content to 90
along trying to keep his little congrega-
ton in line, until God found some greater
work for him to do. In conclusion he ex-
horted the young men to keep on with the
good work and do all the good they can,
be i, ever so small. The address was
listened to with the closest interest by the
large congregation, aud they could have
listened much longer with pleasure.
Singing, and benediction by Rev. DJrn-
blaser then closed the exercises.